Backtracking on Climate Action by the Developed Countries: Some Reflections of a Negotiator

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Tirumurti, T.S.^{; *}

Affiliations: Former Permanent Representative of India to theUnited Nations in New York (2020-2022) and climate changenegotiator for India

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected].

Abstract: The current name of the game on climate action by the Global North is called “Backtracking” –backtracking on almost every commitment made by them at the various Conference of Parties (COP) held under the Unites Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This comes even as the UNFCCC turned 30 on 04 June 2022. The article seeks to place under scanner issues at stake that will impinge upon the future trajectory of the climate change regulatory regime.

Keywords: UNFCCC, COP, Paris Agreement, mitigation, adaptation, loss and damage, finance and technology, global net-zero, net-negative, LiFE, global Stock take

DOI: 10.3233/EPL-219046

Journal: Environmental Policy and Law, vol. 52, no. 5-6, pp. 463-471, 2022